In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation, No. 2:2005cv04182 - Document 15848 (E.D. La. 2008)

Court Description: MRGO, LEVEE: ORDER AND REASONS denying 15808 Request/Statement of Oral Argument, filed by Washington Group International, Inc.; denying 15241 MOTION LEVEE & MRGO PSLC's JOint Motion to Modify Case Management Order No.7 to Defer Class Action Certification Proceedings filed by Plaintiffs Liaison Counsel. Signed by Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr on 10/9/08.(Reference: MRGO, LEVEE)(blg)

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In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation Doc. 15848 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES CONSOLIDATED LITIGATION CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-4182 PERTAINS TO: MRGO and LEVEE SECTION "K"(2) ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is Levee and MRGO PSLCS’ Joint Motion to Modify Case Management and Scheduling Order No. 7 to Defer Class Action Certification Proceedings. (Doc. 15241). In essence, plaintiffs in the above-referenced Consolidated Class Action cases seek to have the class certification hearings again continued until after the prosecution of the Robinson matter. The certification hearings were continued last year because of the pendency of the §702c immunity Motion to Dismiss filed by the United States in Levee which was granted and WGI’s Motion to Dismiss which was denied. In addition, the Court intended to have tried the Robinson matter prior to the present December certification hearing dates. However, the Robinson trial has been continued twice since that decision to continue the class certification hearings, and as a result, the Court cannot any longer entertain the luxury of continuing the certification matter until after the April trial of Robinson. This Court has committed to bringing to resolution as many issues as possible by August of 2009 and any further continuance of the class certification issues would defeat that goal. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Levee and MRGO PSLCS’ Joint Motion to Modify Case Management and Scheduling Order No. 7 to Defer Class Action Certification Proceedings. (Doc. 15241) is DENIED. Dockets.Justia.com IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that there is no need for oral argument and the request for same is DENIED. New Orleans, Louisiana, this 9th day of October, 2008. STANWOOD R. DUVAL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 2

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